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24 Jun 2018, 09:12
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1. The following is a question from the economist
Japanese railway companies compete constant for control of the local transportation market by selling real estate and erecting retail outlets near train stations.
2. The Correct answer is
constantly compete for control of the local transportation market by erecting retail outlets and selling real estate near train stations
3. My doubt is : can i start the underlined portion by 'compete constantly' instead of 'constantly compete'. what is the difference between these two constructions?
Japanese railway companies compete constant for control of the local transportation market by selling real estate and erecting retail outlets near train stations.
2. The Correct answer is
constantly compete for control of the local transportation market by erecting retail outlets and selling real estate near train stations
3. My doubt is : can i start the underlined portion by 'compete constantly' instead of 'constantly compete'. what is the difference between these two constructions?
24 Jun 2018, 10:13
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Hi sharathshaddy,
As far as I know, there are 2 general rules (for One-Word Verb Forms):
1. To stress the adverb, put it before the subject.
2. Do not put an adverb between a verb and its object.
Hope it helps, your views are welcome.
As far as I know, there are 2 general rules (for One-Word Verb Forms):
1. To stress the adverb, put it before the subject.
2. Do not put an adverb between a verb and its object.
Hope it helps, your views are welcome.
24 Jun 2018, 19:45
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Hi sharathshaddy!
Happy to help
We never want to put the adverb between the verb and the object -- that's grammatically incorrect (as ReadyPlayerOne pointed out). Consider these sentences:
The man carefully drives the car.
The man drives carefully the car.
The man drives the car carefully.
Here, the subject is "the man", the verb is "drives" and the object is "the car". The first and third sentences are correct -- the adverb is either before the verb, or after the object. The second sentence, though, should sound very strange to you. That's because we've stuck the adverb in between the verb ("drives") and the object ("the car").
In your example, the verb is "compete" and the object is "for control...". We do not want to put the adverb ("constantly") in between these. So it would not be correct to say "compete constantly for control...". However, if we wanted, we could put it at the end of the object, like this:
Japanese railway companies compete for control of the local transportation market constantly
It's not really ideal, because "constantly" is so far away from "compete", but it would technically be correct.
I hope that helps!
-Carolyn
